3/19: VB Film/Mariposas en el Andamio/Butterflies on the Scaffold

Join the Venceremos Brigadeand CUNY GRAD CENTER SAELLA for our CUBA FILM SERIES Saturday March 19th— Mariposas en el Andamio/Butterflies on the Scaffold

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, Mar 1, 2011

Join the Venceremos Brigade and CUNY GRAD CENTER'S AELLA for our

CUBA FILM SERIES

Saturday March 19th—

Mariposas en el Andamio/Butterflies on the Scaffold

After the Revolution, gays were not respected in Cuba, but in the small Havana neighborhood of La Güinera, a few courageous women came to power and encouraged the gay community. Glamorous gowns fashioned from grain sacks and eyelashes made out of carbon paper are the reality of drag in Cuba. In La Güinera, gay transvestite performers have earned respect and status through creative work
for the neighbourhood. On stage action and backstage preparation opens out into insightful interviews with community leaders, families, and the performers themselves. the question; can you be gay and accepted in Cuba?